ROME -- The exhibition ‘Napoleon’s last act. Exile, death, memory,’ which opened at the Napoleonic Museum on May 5 - the 200th anniversary of his death - and runs until Jan.

 ROME – The first woman in history to be nominated for an Oscar, Lina Wertmüller, has died aged 93 at her home in the Italian capital.

  BOLOGNA – After four years of competitions, hundreds of selection events and over 3500 participants from five continents, the results of the world final of Gelato Festival World Masters

 CONEGLIANO – A spacious, tree-lined avenue leads into the open courtyard in front of

 ROME --The Maison des Artistes International Awards took place on Friday evening, bestowing a number of outstanding musicians, journalists, cinematographers, TV personalities and scienti

 ROME -- Fast on the heels of ‘Calendar Ladies’ which concluded a successful run in October, amateur theatre group Arts in English has been busy rehearsing its next musical production, ‘G

 ROME -- Desmond O'Grady, the doyen of Anglo-Saxon reporters in the Eternal City,  has died after working as a correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and oth

 Rome – A plaque dedicated to Finnish national poet, Eino Leino, has been renovated in honour of his translation of Dante Alighieri’s masterpiece, the Divine Comedy during his stay in Rome in the e

ROME — Tullio Pironti, who has died of a heart attack at the age of 84, came from a family of Neapolitan book-sellers and distinguished himself as a courageous publisher of books that exposed the c

 UDINE –To preserve the character of their food against the modern threat of food “homogenisation," the Consortium of San Daniele Prosciutto marked its 60th anniversary by relaunching its objective

 FLORENCE -The latest exhibition in Palazzo Strozzi, ‘Shine’ by artist Jeff Koons, has attracted 50,000 visitors in the first month of opening, 60 per cent of whom came from outside Florence, annou

 ROME – The very first world competition for the best ‘Pinsa Romana’ – a hand-pressed flatbread – will be held in Guidonia, near Rome, on Nov.

 NAPLES – The Trianon Viviani theatre, dedicated to Neapolitan music, opened a unique and innovative project Monday called the Room of Wonders - an ‘immersive reality’ of Neapolitan song.

NAPLES - In the dark and sad days of lockdown, the one consolation was everyone was able to reflect for longer.

 ROME - Vitali Alekseenok, a 29-year-old Belarusian conductor, is the winner of the 11th Edition of the ‘Arturo Toscanini’ International Competition for Orchestra Conductors said the organisers.

ROME - A collection of over 200 Inferno-themed artworks opened to the public on Friday, in celebration of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri who died seven centuries ago this year.

 ROME -The International Federation of Pastry, Ice Cream and Chocolate (FIPGC) will host their annual ‘Panettone Day’ to judge the “best panettone in the world” in the Renaissance setting

 FLORENCE -Deeply ingrained in Italian culture, coffee is to become the subject of a  Master’s course at the University of Florence, which from next year will begin applying academic rigour to the

 RAGUSA -This Sicilian city will become an open workshop, Friday until Oct.

 CASERTA -"The wines of this district are excellent both white and red, and are some of the best in the Kingdom, for their quality and nature, as well as for the grateful sensation they awaken in t

  PALERMO, Sicily -- Two months after creating a glittering sensation at the Taormina film festival, a street installation of metallised gold and silver ribbons h